Sunday, August 21, 2011

Count Down to Daddy!

Clearly we are missing Daddy around here since it has been just over two months since we have seen him. We are in our final countdown until he comes home, and I wanted Ryder to understand just when he would be coming. A fellow baseball wife made her kids a really cute frame with chalkboard paint and would count down "sleeps until Daddy". Unfortunately Ryder doesn't understand the concept of numbers that well. He can count, but I just don't think that would help him really understand it all. I had the idea to make a paper chain with him.

Saturday morning Ryder and I got out the construction paper and crayons and started our chain...

Love those little hands
Can't wait until we get to his 3 more days link!

Time to cut them up...

And our chain is complete!!!

Lets hope this sucker disappears FAST!!!

Landon kept busy in his new exersaucer while Ryder and I were hard at work.

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About Us

September 29th, 2007 I married the man of my dreams and less then a year later on August 25th, 2008 we welcome our little man, Ryder Lee, into our family. Derrik plays minor league baseball for the Cincinnati Reds so we knew our family was destined to move all over the country at a moments notice chasing a dream. What we did not plan for was elbow surgery in June 2009 requiring a twelve month rehab, and we were even more shocked when he had to have the surgery again in July 2010 requiring us to live in Arizona, on the other side of the country from all friends and family, for another twelve months. What better to do when you have twelve months stuck in Arizona with nothing to do… have a baby!!! Instead of an “end to rehab” count down we now have a “baby due date” countdown of May 4th!!! We are so excited for the arrival of Landon Brennan! We have learned not to try to plan. We are trying hard to live life in the moment and enjoy what we are doing in the present day. As long as we are together we’re happy!